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Raytheon scrapping the remainder of the Beech Starship fleet

Raytheon scrapping the remainder of the Beech Starship fleet

From:	Dave	(Sun Aug 1 00:01:15 2004)
This sucks, Starship is one cool aircraft. Wonder why they gotta get cut?
From:	Dan	(Sat Sep 4 21:09:00 2004)
If I had a few mil, I'd save them all, that sucks.
From:	Chillipepper	(Thu Sep 23 20:50:47 2004)
Mojave. They may be for sale, there are a LOT of operations out of Mojave. Not just a spaceport...
From:	Chillipepper	(Thu Sep 23 20:51:52 2004)
Sorry, did not read mouseover. Still, plans change FY to FY.
From:	HJ	(Fri Oct 22 22:25:44 2004)
Great story on the sad demise of this cool piece of gear in Air&Space magazine recently...alas, they did get destroyed
From:	cj5_pilot	(Wed Jan 12 22:04:01 2005)
Supposedly Rutan's Scaled Composites still has theres. Was used as a chase plane for Spaceship One.
From:	tomy2gunn	(Sat Jan 15 17:51:05 2005)
Are these still at Mojave ???
From:	me	(Wed May 18 13:44:54 2005)
These never were at Mojave...this picture is at MZJ-Marana Air Center (Pinal Air Park) near Tucson...ex-CIA training facility now "leased" by Evergreen International Airlines. This is only part of the fleet there awaiting their fate!
From:	Beech-Hater	(Wed Jul 27 08:57:15 2005)
Now if only they could chop up all the Barons as well! :-(
From:	747	(Tue Aug 9 14:04:50 2005)
Why is Northwest throwing away so many 747s now in days.
From:	jmstewart	(Sat Dec 31 21:25:29 2005)
L-3 has some of these, been on one when they came to visit my area. they bought Rath out.
From:	dave	(Thu Mar 2 18:51:00 2006)
I do belive that the Starship on the lower right still is around today.
From:	Pico	(Fri Nov 10 17:00:45 2006)
The insectoid mutants waited impatiently for orders. The Grand Insect did not disappoint.
From:	Bob32	(Sat Nov 18 21:38:39 2006)
I saw one flying out of Sedona in November, 2006; sometime between the 1st and the 5th. Couldn't get the tail number.
From:	Mike aka mirage21701	(Thu Mar 15 13:30:40 2007)
I have loved this plane for years and while I was doing some searching on it I came across this website. http://www.bobscherer.com/Pages/Starship.htm It tells about each starship and its current status. Thought you all might like to check it out.
From:	USMC	(Fri May 25 13:29:52 2007)
Private sector's money...not tax payers $
From:	Bret	(Tue Oct 30 04:59:05 2007)
Class action lawsuit killed this bird. I worked on most of these at one point or another. The only 2 left flying are in Tuscan.
From:	SoCalSooner	(Thu Jan 17 19:12:31 2008)
There is one of these at John Wayne/Orange County airport. I hear/see him fly once in a while.
From:	Booger	(Wed Mar 26 03:17:17 2008)
I've only seen on in real life - flying over my APT in Addison Texas around 1996/97. It was one of the best birds to watch flying. Too bad, its so state-of-the art, and I wondered why I never saw more of them. Its design and reviews were all top notch.
From:	frutti tutti	(Sun May 11 17:23:59 2008)
dontcha hate rich people..... a waste of money..... who needs 20 of the same plane
From:	Oz	(Mon Nov 17 02:17:14 2008)
As pretty as it looked, the Starship was a PITA to fly. It would not maintain a stable altitude/attitude at cruise and flew a fugoid path as though hunting for correct trim. A major redesign may have helped, but it was already too heavy and too slow.
From:	Steve Kasian	(Fri Jul 3 00:21:44 2009)
Starships like these fly into KLAS on a regular basis, at least several times a week. They're not grounded.
From:	Reaganart	(Tue Jan 26 03:10:38 2010)
As a former Raytheon-ite... This is called "The Raytheon Way".

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